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That Grey Place: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

by Matthew Kirshenblatt | in Articles | Thu, 4 January 2018

“I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate.” “So what does that make us?” “Absolutely nothing….” – Dark Helmet and Lone Starr, Space Balls As of this writing, everyone and their Force immaculate parent… [more]

Smorgasbord #75: The Smorgies 2017

by Tom Shapira | in Editorials, Podcasts | Sun, 31 December 2017

FINAL ISSUE! Mighty Max Nestorowich returns to give the Smorgasbord a proper send-off! For the last Smorgie Awards ever, we pick our favorite characters of 2017, revisit the biggest flops and disappointments of the year,… [more]

Fear on The Planet of the Apes

by Steven Ronai | in Articles | Fri, 15 December 2017

Planet of the Apes does not belong in the same category as Saw or Friday the 13th. It is not a horror movie. That being said, the Planet of the Apes franchise preys on our… [more]

Nietzsche in 40,000 Years, Part Three: Chaos

by Desmond White | in Articles | Fri, 15 December 2017

The Imperium foils and fails the Nietzschean criterion, but perhaps the Forces of Chaos offer the will to power? [more]

The Orville Is Everything I Love About Star Trek

by Ian Dawe | in Articles | Thu, 14 December 2017

I’ve been a Star Trek fan for as long as I can remember, and The Orville is absolutely the Star Trek show I’ve been waiting for. Relaxed, self-aware, smart and open-minded, The Orville succeeds so… [more]

The Commercials of the Star Wars Holiday Special

by Rocko Jerome | in Articles | Thu, 14 December 2017

I come not to praise the Star Wars Holiday Special, nor to bury it. You can find that elsewhere on the world wide web (Much more of the latter than the former, of course- it… [more]

The First of Many: A Critical and Cultural Investigation into the New Star Wars Trilogy and What it Can Teach Us about Long-Awaited Sequels

by Jarrett Mazza | in Articles | Thu, 14 December 2017

I purchased my tickets for The Last Jedi literally two months in advance and I was still only able to get a Saturday showing, with seats in the back row. Not a bad result, and… [more]

New Frontiers and Bleak Futures: The Parallel Premieres of The Orville and Star Trek: Discovery

by Karra Shimabukuro | in Articles | Wed, 13 December 2017

This fall season saw the premiere of both The Orville and Star Trek: Discovery, and with both set in space, invoking nostalgia, and claiming classic Star Trek as a foundation/inspiration, it’s hard not to make… [more]

Nietzsche in 40,000 Years, Part Two: Imperium

by Desmond White | in Articles | Wed, 13 December 2017

The Imperium of Warhammer 40,000 is a Nietzschean dream… and nightmare. This article includes an exploration of the Emperor as an Übermensch. [more]

Deep Space Nine and Babylon 5: Remarkably Similar — Or Similarly Remarkable?

by Rich Handley | in Articles | Tue, 12 December 2017

During the past two decades, fans of Babylon 5 and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine have noted many similarities between the popular science-fiction franchises. Such comparisons were inevitable, given the controversy involving the two series’ genesis. It… [more]

Jodorowsky and Moebius’ The Incal

by Jaime Infante Ramírez | in Articles | Tue, 12 December 2017

According to J. G. Ballard, Fantasy and Science Fiction are the genres that, out of the whole production of the most part of the XX century, will, in time, become the most canonical. Fredric Jameson… [more]

Thor: Ragnarok, or Shakespeare for Schmucks

by Jeffrey Kahan | in Reviews | Mon, 11 December 2017

In a NYT review of Thor: Ragnarok, you can almost hear the writer, Manohla Dargis, desperately turning her notes over and over for something good to say. The best that she can muster is that… [more]

Nietzsche in 40,000 Years, Part One: Foundation

by Desmond White | in Articles | Mon, 11 December 2017

To understand Warhammer 40,000, you must understand Friedrich Nietzsche. [more]

It’s Sequart’s Fifth Annual Sci-Fi Week!

by Julian Darius | in Sequart News | Sun, 10 December 2017

Coinciding with this week’s release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Sequart is celebrating its fifth annual Sci-Fi Week! All this week, we’ll be running content focusing on sci-fi comics and popular culture. Sequart ran… [more]

Smorgasbord #74: More Weight on the Shelf

by Tom Shapira | in Editorials, Podcasts | Sat, 9 December 2017

Tom and Shawn welcome special guest and Sequart co-founder Julian Darius to our penultimate episode, where we talk about some of our favorite comics of all time! Join us as we discuss omnipotent cats, an… [more]

Holiday Double Feature: Thor: Ragnarok and Justice League

by Karra Shimabukuro | in Reviews | Tue, 28 November 2017

Holidays and breaks are the perfect time to sit down to a double-feature. Way back when, double-features were purposely paired, and I like to try and keep that tradition on the rare occasions I have… [more]

Sequart Releases A More Civilized Age: Exploring the Star Wars Expanded Universe

by Julian Darius | in Articles | Mon, 27 November 2017

Sequart is proud to announce the publication of A More Civilized Age: Exploring the Star Wars Expanded Universe, edited by Rich Handley and Joseph F. Berenato. Almost as soon as there were Star Wars films, there were Star… [more]

Free Sequart Book, Today Only, on Kickstarter

by Julian Darius | in Sequart News | Mon, 20 November 2017

To encourage pledges to the new Kickstarter for Lazarus, the Forever Man #1, we’re offering an incentive: a free PDF of our book analyzing Jack Kirby’s bizarre comics continuation of 2001: A Space Odyssey! The book is 90… [more]

Shaolin Cowboy: Who’ll Stop the Reign?

by Tom Shapira | in Articles | Fri, 10 November 2017

Writer and Artist: Geof Darrow, Colors: Dave Stwart, Publisher: Dark Horse Originally published via the still-up-in-the-air Burlyman Entertainment (the website is still functional and offers all the glories of the internet circa 2006), a publishing… [more]